"Miguel… what happened?" Ali asks after walking into Miguel's office, the District Attorney looking up at his sister, who had recently been promoted to detective.
"Roni had a rough night. Damn nightmares… Calderone won't stop-" Miguel says.
"Calderone hurt us… hurt all of us. And yeah, he won't stop haunting us but he's been dead for 11 years. He can't hurt us anymore." Ali says, Miguel a bit taken aback.
He knew that what Calderone did to them was something Ali could never truly put behind her. It had started with girls who had been attacked, some even murdered… and all of them looked exactly like Ali.
Right now, Ali seemed to be on edge… Miguel thought that his sister's recent case was getting to her, particularly because the murder victim pulled out of the harbor resembled Ali as well and was violently assaulted before her neck was snapped… but Miguel also suspected something else, given that nowadays, Roni was also hormonal.
"Ali, are you pregnant?" Miguel asks.
Ali's expression changed to one of shock as she tried to process what her 27 year old brother just asked her…
'Longest five minutes of my life!' 25 year old Ali Rivera thought as she paced back and forth in the police station bathroom, the test on the counter and Ali running her fingers through her shoulder length raven hair. It wasn't often that Ali got nervous about something, not anymore… but this was a different set of circumstances.
She and Ryan had only been married for a few weeks, they have talked about children but weren't sure when to start a family, given that both were cops and being a cop was an unpredictable line of work. The people they had grown up around knew that first hand.
Ali picked up the test and looked at the screen, smiling when she saw the result.
Positive 3-4 weeks
"Castillo, Tubbs! Need to talk to you!" Ali heard Billy say after putting the test in her uniform pocket, her and Roni looking at each other and shaking their heads as they walked into the Billy's office.
"It's Rivera and Castillo, pal!" Ali says jokingly, knowing Billy was just messing with her and Roni, who rubbed her stomach as baby Jack kicked crazily. Roni only had another week or so before she had to go on maternity leave and Ali hoped Roni wasn't having any more nightmares about Calderone.
"Yeah, I know… Ali, are you okay?" Billy says, him and Roni turning concerned when they saw Ali digging her nails into the palm of her right hand.
Ali stopped and pulled the test out of her uniform pocket, Roni immediately pulling Ali into a hug as Billy leaned against the desk, smiling.
"No one say anything yet, okay? Not at least until I've told Ryan." Ali says as she and Roni let go, Ali and Billy hugging.
"Congratulations, Ali. You and Ryan are gonna be amazing parents." Billy says, kissing Ali on her forehead before they let go, Ali putting the test back in her uniform pocket.
Ali and Roni emerged from Billy's office as Ryan was walking into the police station, dragging a handcuffed Izzy with him. The second they saw Izzy, they started laughing.
"Really, Izzy? Money dye?" Ali says, seeing the red anti theft dye that was on Izzy's shirt and his face.
"Ali, I had nothing to do with it! I've never seen that money before in my life!" Izzy says.
"Yeah, dear diary, what I did on my day off! Ryan, where did you find him?" Roni says.
"Hiding under a plank of metal in the bank. Robbing it while the 3rd floor's being renovated." Ryan says before hauling Izzy into the interrogation room, Ali following them.
"Moreno, you idiot! Even that's not something Noogie would do!" Ali says after closing the door.
"Noogie's on vacation with Annie in California… senorita, are you okay?" Izzy says, noticing that Ali cringed as her lower back started to ache again.
"Babe, you alright?" Ryan asks, resting his hand on her back and lightly rubbing it.
"Yeah. I need to talk to you but Izzy needs to be booked first, unfortunately. Sorry, Izzy." Ali says, Ryan grabbing Izzy's arm and escorting him out of the room.
Things were just about to get crazy again… but in a good way. Ali sat down, lightly rubbed her stomach and smiled a bit.
"Hey, little one… don't worry, Mommy will tell Daddy and then Mommy will take a break and lie down." Ali says, dropping her hand.
Ali's P.O.V
It was a while before Ryan walked back into the interrogation room, sitting down next to me.
"Izzy should be enjoying his golden years, not wasting them on scams and robberies." I say, Ryan wrapping his arm around my shoulders.
"Yeah, he should. Are you sure you're okay?" Ryan says. I took a breath before pulling the test out of my pocket and showing him, Ryan's eyes widening in shock before he smiled and we hugged and kissed.
Everything's perfect now… Ryan and I are having a baby, starting a family…
When I first met Ryan, I was a 13 year old kid… it's been crazy in those 12 years but things are calm now.
"I love you, Alison Elena Rivera." Ryan says after we kiss again, Ryan resting his hand on my stomach. "And I love you too, little kiddo. I can't wait to meet you." He says to our baby.
"Get off of me, damn it!" We hear, stand up and walked into the main room of the police station, seeing Stan dragging a drunken Britt Wheeler into it.
Some things just don't change...